Pressure mounts to certify Senate poll results

The Election Commission urged the committee to allow new legislators to take business while it is conducting its inquiries.

Pressure mounts to certify Senate poll results
On June 26, the Senate election process reached its final stage, Election Commission (EC ) Chairman Ittiporn Boonpracong addresses reporters in Nonthaburi. ( Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut )

The Election Commission (EC ) is being requested by political pundits and Senate vote winners to actually support the 200 vote winners in order to stop the Senate from being replaced.

At a conference hosted by the Thai Journalists Association on Saturday, they reaffirmed that the poll system should release primary qualified results and allow the 200 fresh senators to take workplace as soon as possible while it continues its investigation into any irregularities.

It is now time for the caregiver Senate to depart, they said, because the EC still has the authority to refuse to name any candidates who have been implicated in ballot fraud or who are ineligible to run after its investigations are finished.

” This Senate election system is the most difficult one always, which, nevertheless, served its purpose in the least”, said Prof Prinya Thaewanarumitkul, a law professor at Thammasat University.

Prinya Thaewanarumitkul, a Thammasat University rules teacher, cautions against characterising all legislators as dishonest or incompetent just because the voting system was flawed.

Turns out the program has resulted in an imbalance in the number of senators-elect from each county, he claimed.

Buri Ram, for one, has 14 senators- vote, the highest amount, while some different provinces do not have a one consultant to work in the Upper House. That’s a problem because the Senate even has a responsibility in approving the selection of essential independent companies, said Prof Prinya.

” Watch to see if the EC will try to release the certified effects.” If no, he said, it might be seen as an attempt to keep the caregiver Senate in place.

The EC needs to communicate more clearly to the government regarding when it will be able to release the election results on June 26, he said, especially now that it is under increasing strain.

Ittiporn Boonpracong, the head of the EC, argued on Wednesday that a delay was necessary to ensure that the ballot body has addressed all issues that must be resolved before the results are officially announced.

While some individuals ‘ voting patterns and their ambiguous requirements have sparked controversy, Prof. Prinya urged against accepting that all senators-elect are dishonest or unqualified. He claimed that that could impede the Senate vote and cause the results to be tampered with and a new poll called.

If the EC waits until all new 200 lawmakers are plainly proved to be clear and qualified, it may take half a month, he added. Additionally, he expressed his wish that a new technique of senatorial election could be included in the law.

Nantana Nantavaropas, a member of the internet expert group’s electorate, reaffirmed the need to announce the outcome sooner and the need to bid goodnight to the caregiver Senate.

She said that the aging Senate should refrain from playing any significant role while the nation prepares for a fresh Senate.

She was referring to a schedule by the caregiver Senate to meet on Monday for what some claimed would be a website to help evaluate the prospects who had won. The caregiver Senate was appointed in 2019 by the&nbsp, military-linked state.

Nantana Nantavaropas, a senator- choose from the media skilled team, conceded there was some cooperation in the ballot.

Ms. Nantana acknowledged that the Senate surveys featured cooperation to favor particular individuals. Some well-known candidates lost in the first round, while many less well-known people won in a subsequent round, she said.

Some critics claim that the poll’s shortcomings have led to the support of Bhumjaithai Party individuals now ruling the recently elected Senate.

While the drafters of the 2017 charter designed the Senate vote system to ensure it was free of political impact, especially by large parties, the result has proven them wrong, said Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, a former election inspector and a former republic candidate.

However, that did n’t mean the constitution was flawed, he said. The EC’s choice to relax the identification of candidates ‘ professions was the main cause of the study’s failing.

The change had made it possible for some political parties or organizations to meddle in elections by hiring candidates with a covert plan.

Just 20 of the 200 senators-elect, according to Chaiyong Maneerungsakul, who was another successful senatorial candidate in the media group, may be found to be unsuitable or engaged in poll fraud.

He also urged against judging those powerful candidates who lack a degree or whose profiles might not seem remarkable, noting that all elected senators should be treated equally and given work to demonstrate they were worthy of being elected.